Re: [tlug] Linux-101

["Matt Gross" <mgrossjp@example.com>]

Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon said:
> Another stupid question from Lyle:

Lyle, there's no such thing as a stupid question ;)

>
> How do I mount my CD-ROM?

mount /dev/cdrom <mount_point>

example

mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

I've always been able to just access it, but
> now I'm drawing a blank (nothing happens via File Explorer, etc. - I
> click on CD-ROM and... nothing) and when I try to access a disk with
> K3B, I get this error message:
>
> Could not mount device.
> The reported error was:
> mount: only root can mount /dev/cdrom on /media/cdrom

yes, you will need to be root to run the mount command unless you have
sudo setup for your user.